Coin-controlled selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like.



' No. 879,991. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1 908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL ROBERT WEDELIN, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, ASSIGNOR TO AKTIEBOLAGETL. M.

ERICSSON & 00., OF STOOKHOLM, SWEDEN. I

COIN-CONTROLLED SELLING APPARATUS FOR STAMPS, TICKETS, AND THE LIIGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.' 25, 1908.

Application filed October 17. 1905- Serial No. 283.097-

ets, and the like, which are stored up in the apparatus in the shape ofa ribbon.

The object of the invention is to provide devices by which the ribbonmay be. fed for- Ward t y a p determinedste hin each selling-operationand which under all circumstances will keep the ribbon in position insuch manner that incidental displacements of the same will be fullyprevented.

The invention consists, principally, in the combination with anapparatus of the said kind of two sets of needles, or the like, adaptedto perforate the ribbon or to enter perforations of the same and movabletransversely relative to the ribbon in such manner that the one set ofneedles engage the ribbon while 'the other is out of engagement, the oneset of needles being, moreover, movable in the longitudinal direction ofthe ribbon for moving the ribbon by means of an outer'liandledrfiy'othfif sfiitable device. The holders of the two sets of needlesmay be arranged in such manner that the twwsafnee dh s are on each sideof the ribbon and the holder of the set of needles serving to feed theribbon may be supported by the horde? of the other set of needles andguided by the latter in the longitudinal movements, so that the two setsof needles will always accompany each other in the transverse movements.The invention further consists in the combinations and arrangements ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the' accompanying drawings I have shown one embodiment of myinvention.

Figure 1 shows 'a vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a similarview partly in elevation the parts being shown in other positions. Fig.3 is a detail in elevation. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line IV-IVin Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line VV in Fi 2. Fig. 6 is across-section on line VI I in 2. Fig. 7 shows a detail-view of theguiding device for the two sets of needles.

The coin-receiving apparatus and the op erating member may be of anysuitable type or construction and form no parts of the presentinvention. In the drawing is shown a slide 1 having a coin-slot andbeing connected by means of a link 2 to a spring-actuated draw-rod 3 andbeing adapted to be coupled together by the coin with the feeding devicefor the ribbon, but it will be understood that A coin receivingmechanisms and operating members of any other suitable construction maybe used.

The ribbon 5 wound on a roller 4, or stored up in the apparatus in anyother suit able manner, is inserted in a corresponding slot 6 in a fixedguide-block 7. The larger part of the latter is surrounded by the freeend of a lever 8, the said end having the shape of a sleeve or casing ofrectangular crosssection. The said lever is at 9 pivoted to a suitablebracket or the like 10 attached to the casing of the apparatus. Theguideblock 7 is in the upper part provided with a number of longitudinalgrooves 11 in which enter a set of needles, or the like, 12 secured to aplate 13 which is provided in the up er sleeve-shaped part of the lever8 and s idable in t e longitudinal direction of the latter, the rear endof the said plate being guided, for instance by means of studs or thelike, 14, provided on the lever 8, while the fore end of the said plate13 may be provided with lateral projections 15 and 16 engaging.

longitudinal slots 17 and 18 in the fore end of the lever 8. To thebottom of the sleeveshaped part of the lever 8 are secured two rows ofneedles 19 and 20, extending upwards and entering corresponding holes 21and 22 in the lower part of the guide-block 7. The said rows of needlesare at a distance from each other corresponding to the length of astamp, or the like, and the plate, or the like,

13, serving as holder for the upper row of needles 12, is movable in itsguides in the lever 8 a distance likewise corresponding to the length ofa stam or the like. In order to obivate' contact etween the upper andthe lower rows of needles in the end-positions of the former the needlesof the upper row and the corresponding slots are arranged alternatelywith the lower rows of needles and the corresponding holes.

r, The rows of needles are preferably placed at right or substantiallyright angles to the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, whereby theneedles in feeding a ribbon having perforations running at right anglesto its longitudinal direction will enter the perforations and leave thesame without injuring neither the ribbon nor the perforations.

As will be easily understood the upper and lower sets of needles willaccompany each other when the'lever 8 is turned on its pivot 9, and whenthe lever is in its lowermost position, as is shown in Fig. 1, the upperrow of needles 12 is in full engagement with the ribbon to be fed, Whilethe two lower rows of needles are out of engagement with the saidribbon. The length of the needles is such that when the lever 8 isturned into its uppermost position the lower rows of needles engage theribbon before the upper needles leave the same, whereby is effected thatthe ribbon is always held by at least one of the two sets of needles,and incidental dislacements of the ribbon are thus prevented. n theuppermost position of the lever 8 only the lower rows of needles 19 and20 are in engagement with the ribbon, as is shown in Fig. 2. 1n thelowermost position of the lever the feeding of the ribbon isaccomplished by displacing the plate 13 supporting the upper row ofneedles, while the said plate in the uppermost position can be moved toits rearward position without moving the ribbon.

In order to' obtain the swinging movements of the lever 8 necessary forthe said function the projections 15 and 16 of the plate 13 may engagerectangular guide-slots 23 in fixed guide-blocks 24 on each side of theforward end of the lever 8. In the path of the said projections 15 and16 are provided spring-actuated levers, or the like, 25, 26, the springsof which will be bent during the longitudinal movements of the plate 13,so that the same at the end of the said movement can automatically movethe projections through the transverse parts of the said rectangularguide slots 23 thereby effecting the transverse movements of the twosets of needles for bringing the same into and out of engagement withthe ribbon.

The apparatus works a s foll owsg lf the levrsanatfitwo sets of needlesare in the positions shown in Fig. 1 (the idle position of the aparatus) and a coin of the predetermine value be dropped down into theapparatus the coin will at first be received by the coin-slot of theslide 1-, the said'slot being in well known manner yielding in thelongitu dinal direction so that the coin when the slide is drawn forwardby means of the rod 3 can be pressedthrough the coin-slot by means of afixed guide 271 When the coin has been pressed through the saidcoin-slot it will be caught by the plate 13 and the guide-block 28 forthe slide '1, whereby the coin will couple together the slide 1 and theplate 13. The latter, which serves as holder of the upper set ofneedles, will now be moved forward whereby the ribbon will be fedforward a step that corresponds to the length'of a stamp, or the like.The projections 15 and 16 during this operation move through the lowerlongitudinal parts of the guide-slots 23, and at the same time the lever25 on each side will be pressed down by the projections 15 and 16 intothe position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7 thereby bending theirsprings. When the forward inoyeinent isended, the lever 25 will lift theproject ons 15 and-16 through the forward transverse parts of theguide-slots 23 whereby the lever 8 is swung into its uppermost positionso that the upper set of needles is brought out of engagement with theribbon, while at the sa 1 i e t i ne tlre lower set of needles willengage the ribbon. lhe plate 13 is thereupon movedbackwar'ds by theaction of the spring 36 actuating the rod 3, the projections 15 and 16now moving in the upper longitudinal parts of the guide-slots 23 andpressing away the spring-actuated levers 26. When the plate 13 hasreached its rearward position the levers 26 will bring the projections15 and 16 to move through the rear transverse parts of the guide-slots,whereby the upper set of needles will again be brought into engagementwith the ribbon, while at the same time the lower set of needles will bedisengaged from the ribbon.

For cuttin off the ribbonem lfiing as the $3 111 scissors, or the like,006 eratin with the lever S and operated by Eli; latter during thetransverse movements of the same. In the drawing is, as an example,shown a knife 29 which is movable in suitable guides provided on thewall 30 and by means of an arm 31,,or the like, connected to the lever8. [herrj'h e holder of the upper set of needles has been moved into asforward )osition for feeding out a stamp, or the like, t irough theforward mouth of the guide-block 7 and the lever 8 is thereupon turnedupwards, the knife 29 will also be moved iipwards so that it will cutoff the stamp fed out from the guide-block 7. In front of the forwardmouth of the latter is a chamber 32 which at its bottom is provided witha drawer 33, or the like, in which the.

stamp out off will drop down. After the draw-rod 3 has been operated andreleased it is only necessary to draw out the drawer 33 in order toreach the stamps, or the like, cut off. For preventing moisture, rain,or the like, to come into the apparatus when the drawer'is opened aprojecting roof 34, or the like, may be provided above the said drawerand be of such length that the forward edge of the drawer will not befree until its rear edge, which has a rearward hollow or solidslide-shaped extension, reaches the inner part of the said roof. l/Vhenthe backward e is e forward may be used a knife,

movements of the'slide 1 from the position shown in Fig. 2 commences,the coin will in well known manner drop down from the slide 1 into acash-box, or the like, 35.

Instead of the lever 8 serving as a holder of the lower set of needles Iobviously may use any other holder guided in any suitable manner. Thenumber of rows of needles in each set may, of course, be varied at will.It may also be understood that the other parts of the apparatus may bemodified in many ways without departing from the principle of theinvention.

Having now dscribed my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to theribbon and adapted to alternately engage the same, and means for movingthe one set of needles in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to theribbon, the one set of needles being also movable in the longitudinaldirection of the ribbon, holders supporting said sets of needles located011 each side of the ribbon, the holder of the set of needles servingfor the feeding of the ribbon being supported and guided by the otherholder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to theribbon and adapted to alternately engage the ribbon, the one set of theneedles being also movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon,holders supporting said sets of needles located on each side of theribbon, the holder of the set of needles serving for feeding the ribbonhaving lateral projections, and fixed guide-blocks having rectangularguide-slots engaged by the said projections, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon,'of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to theribbon, the one set of needles being also movable in the longitudinaldirection of the ribbon, holders supporting the said sets of needleslocated on each side of the ribbon, the holder of the set of needlesserving for feeding the ribbon havll levers provided in the pat havingrectangular guide-slots engaged by the said projections, and s rmg jlltllated T 6 the said projections, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

5. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to theribbon and adapted to alternately engage the same, theone set of needlesbeing also movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, holders:for said sets of needles, a c utt1 ng d o11ce, and a confie'tion betweenthe same and the one,

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of said holders, substantially as and for th purpose set forth.

6. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles, a lever sup porting the one set ofneedles, a plate slidably connected to the said lever and supporting theother set of needles, means for rocking the said lever, and means formoving the said plate longitudinally, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles placed at substantially right angles tothe ribbon, a lever supporting the one set of needles, a plate slidablyconnected to the said lever and supporting the other set of needles,means for rocking the said lever, means for moving the said platelongitudinally, and a guideblock for the ribbon having grooves and holescorresponding to the needles, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

8. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps,tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of aribbon, of two sets of needles placed at substantially right angles tothe ribbon, a lever supporting the one set of needles, a plate slidablyconnected to the said lever and supporting the other set of needles,means for rocking the said levers, means for moving the said platelongitudinally, a guideblock for the ribbon having grooves and holescorresponding to the needles, an arm secured to the said lever, and aknife connected to the said arm, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have'signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL ROBERT WVEDELIN.

Witnesses:

EVALD DALMAR,

KARL RUNEsKoe.

